Boot and shoe strap



(No Model.)

J. A. THOMPSON.

BOOT AND s30]: STRAP.

' Patnfied Dec. 13,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. THOMPSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOOT AND SHOE STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,766, dated December13, 1881.

Application filed February 1, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. THOMPSON, of Chicago, in the county of (lookand State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Boot and Shoe Straps, of which the following is aspecification.

The object I have in view is to produce shoe and bootstraps of webbingwhich will not break or tear in use, and will last as long as the bootsor shoes themselves, thus saving the annoyance of broken straps, and theexpense and trouble of havin g them renewed one or more times during thewearing period of the boots or shoes. This I accomplish by turning inthe edges of the straps at the center for a portion only of theirlength, and securing such turnedin edges in posit-ion. This produces agripingloop with inclined sides, and a narrow upper end of doublethickness, which, at the same time that it has the required strength, isalso more convenient to take hold of, and is easier on the fingers.

My invention consists in the peculiar boot or shoe strap, as a newarticle of manufacture, as fully hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure l is a viewof a boot-leg with my improved straps secured thereto; Fig. 2, a view oftheinside of a portion of the bootleg, showing one strap; and Fig. 3, aView of the inner side of the strap laid out flat.

My boot or shoe strap A is made of webbing, as usual, and is of theordinary or any desired width. The ends a of the strap, which arestitched to the boot-leg B, are left the full width of the webbing, soas to have the same straining-surface on the boot-leg as the ordinarystrap. If desired, wider webbing could be used than now generallyemployed, since the griping-loop is madenarrower than the webbing. Thecenter of the strap, from b to c, which forms the griping-loop, or thegreater portion thereof, has its edges turned inwardly toward eachother, on the inner side of the strap, as shown in Fig. 3, and securedtogether by stitches d. The strap is then doubled and pressed, so as tokeep the turned edges in position. The turned edges can be additionallysecured by stitching on a sewing-machine, and if the turned edges arefirst properly pressed they can be wholly secured by such stitching.

A webbing boot or shoe strap is thus produced having a griping loop withinclined sides and a narrow griping end. The edges of the griping end ofthe strap being doubled they will not break or tear in use, and. thestrap will outlast the boot or shoe on which it is placed. The narrowgriping end of the loop is more convenient to take hold of, and iseasier on the fingers.

What I claim as my invention is- As a new article of manufacture, theboot or shoe strap A, made of webbing, and having the edges of itscenter I) 0 turned inwardly, while its securing ends a are the fullwidth of the webbing, substantially as described and'shown.

JOHN A. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

OLIVER W. MARBLE, F. W. KASEHAGEN.

